We love our hip thrusts around here at Barbell Pilates, and anyone who has trained with me in-person or inside my online coaching program BarbellSTRONG has done the hip thrust before. Not only is the best exercise for building the ship of your glutes, it’s an incredible hinge movement that carries over well into performance. If you’ve been running a …
Form Fix: The Hip Twist
Once you start learning Pilates, you realize that that every exercise builds on another. The mat exercises form the basis of movements on the reformer and cadillac; which is further intensified or supported on equipments like the ladder barrel, spine corrector, and arc barrel. It all circles back. I call them “Circle of Life” exercise. Like in the Lion King. …
Form Fix: The Leg Pull
The Pilates leg pull is one of those basic bitch exercises you love to hate. It looks graceful but it kind of makes you want to pour your hot Starbucks latte all over your North Face fleece and Ugg boots, know what I mean? However, the beauty of this exercise is how much stability, strength and flexibility is required all …
Form Fix: The Pilates Push-up
Call me vain but there’s nothing I love more then some well-shaped arms and a strong back when I’m cruising through San Diego in a sleeveless tee. However, a nice looking upper body is useless if you don’t have any strength to go with it, which is why I’m a die-hard push-up fan. For those struggling with the Pilates push-up, here’s …